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As the first day of VFS 4-way competition came to a close at the 2019 USIS National Indoor Skydiving Championships hosted by iFly Virginia Beach, SDC Core (Rook Nelson, Dusty Hanks, Jason Russell and Stephanie Strange) turned in a score of 63 formations in the 8 th   round.  Pending ratification by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), this blistering performance sets a new FAI World Record for this type of record.  This accomplishment will also be the North American Continental record.  SDC Core set the previous record of 56 formations in 2017 during the 2 nd  FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championships.

All athletes/teams below will be competing at the 2018 FAI World Cup of Indoor skydiving in Zallaq, Bahrain.   Open Vertical Formation Skydiving   SDC Core:   (Silver medal (4-way VFS) at 2017 WISC and Gold Medal (4-way VFS) at 2016 WCIS)   Michael Russell (Captain) Stephanie Strange Dustin Hanks Matthew Nelson   Open Freestyle   Blake Cullen   Amberly Brown   Reese Willson (Gold medal winner, Freestyle Open at 2014 WCIS)     Junior Freestyle   Kayleigh Wittenberg (Silver medal winner, Junior Freestyle Open at 2017 WISC)   Elijah Diamante Open Dynamic 2-Way   iFLY Crucible Daniel Cordido Dusty Shaw   iFLY Aspire   Noah Wittenberg Kayleigh Wittenberg   Atmosphere XP Mike Brewer Andrew Sutton  

With the 2019 USIS Open National Championship coming up in January, all indoor skydiving athletes no matter what skill level are welcome to compete. For a third consecutive year, the USIS National Championship will be hosted by iFLY Virginia Beach, and for a second consecutive year the FS portion will be hosted by Paraclete XP. The Events at iFLY Virginia Beach will take place from January 11-13 and will include Vertical Formation Skydiving 2-Way/4-Way, Freestyle, Junior Freestyle, Dynamic 2-Way/4-Way and best trick. The date for Paraclete XP’s events have not been set, but they are expected to take place mid to late February. Events will include 4-Way/8-Way Formation Skydiving and 4-Way Vertical Formation Skydiving. Events at both venues are broken up into four different skill levels: rookie, intermediate, advanced and open. This allows athletes who participate to compete with each other within the skill level their comfortable with. Junior specific categories are av...

From October 1 st to the 7 th the USIS national training facility iFLY Virginia Beach will be hosting a training week for all US athletes competing in the 2018 FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving (WCIS) in Zallaq, Bahrain. This week will provide all US teams in attendance with training time in the tunnel and use of our DynamR live scoring technology. All teams who wish to participate in this event please contact Connor McCarthy at connor@usindoorskydiving.com to reserve your spot.  $600/Flight Time Hour: For all athletes who came in first place in an open category event at the 2018 Nationals. $700/Flight Time Hour: For all athletes who did not place first in an open category event at the 2018 Nationals.

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